Orikoru
Tour Winner
You started this conversation by saying it was too open to interpretation, yet in your proposed alteration you use the vaguest terms possible.
Maybe it's not that easy?
Putter handle lengths. Short only?
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Maybe it's not that easy?
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
What about all putters must be below the level of your belly button.You started this conversation by saying it was too open to interpretation, yet in your proposed alteration you use the vaguest terms possible.
Custom fitting would be interesting.
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Let me make this simple for you. If you go into a golf shop and look at putters, you will see that the grips are all pretty much the same length approx 10-12 inches. If the authorities implemented a 'convential grip' rule then it isn't rocket science to limit the length of the grip. If you can't understand that then I can't help you.You started this conversation by saying it was too open to interpretation, yet in your proposed alteration you use the vaguest terms possible.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Arguably Langer wouldn't need the bottom grip, he can just hold the shaft with the light pencil-style grip. He's clearly determined to use the long putter so he'd get round that legislation no problem.
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
To my mind that's anchoring full stop end of story.
The hands have to be free.
Where the shaft touches doesn't come into it.
Holding the top of the shaft of a broomhandle and fastening your hand to your chin or chest is anchoring
Langer, by his own admission, anchors his thumb to his chest, his thumb is in contact with the shaft, therefore he's anchoring.
If Langer's method is OK then so was every other broomhandle user's method.
Others will disagree and that's fine.
But as far as I'm concerned he's anchoring.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Bit unfair on those of John Daly's figure having to use a 27 inch putter.What about all putters must be below the level of your belly button.
Custom fitting would be interesting.
This is going back a bit now but I seem to remember that the authorities were getting worried that young golfers going through the US college system were starting to be coached using the broom handle method. There may not have been many out there at the time, just the old guys who's putting game had collapsed, but the next generation would have mainly appeared using them. Others can correct me here but I seem to remember this as an argument put forward.
Foxholer
Blackballed
The text below the headline photo - especially the last 8 words - says all that is needed!
And the rest of the article simply reinforces my opinion that Langer doesn't (and wouldn't) anchor!
Mandofred
Well-known member
Watching the video....looks like anchoring to me. Easy enough to fix....they must not want to.
clubchamp98
Journeyman Pro
I remember there were stories.
But they could have copied Langers style that’s been ok by usga and R&A I presume.
I think they weren't worried when it was a few old timers stretching their career out but when it started to look like a coached method for youngsters it set alarm bells ringing. It wasn't how they wanted golf to be.